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My dad saved the pound
If you’re grateful not to be in the euro, it’s James Goldsmith and his ‘rebel army’ you should thank
The Turquoise Coast
Legend has it that Mark Antony considered Turkey’s Turquoise Coast so beautiful that, in about 32 bc, he gave it…
Small things in the cathedral
A place to see the little things between the monuments and tombs. As in the chapel of St Gabriel, a…
The Turquoise Coast
Legend has it that Mark Antony considered Turkey’s Turquoise Coast so beautiful that, in about 32 bc, he gave it…
Small things in the cathedral
A place to see the little things between the monuments and tombs. As in the chapel of St Gabriel, a…
Putin’s grand strategy
The Russian President has been trying to draw a new Iron Curtain across Europe
Annie’s Fish
It hangs, a mobile in the stairwell, always in motion however slight. Each silver scale as it sparkles there a…
‘We’ll get out of this alive’
An interview with Helle Brix, who was at the meeting in Copenhagen on Saturday when the shooting happened
It takes a village (or six)
Can England’s 10,000 rural churches survive?
Escape to victory
Will politics take second place the day after the election?
In your face
Who are these chaps who insist on standing so close?
Letter from Paris
Like many journalists, I’m a bit of a know-it-all — when information is touted as ‘new’, especially in government reports,…
Sworn out
The advertising industry is obsessed with innuendo and dirty words
Sicily
Syracuse is a handsome place, steeped in a rich historical broth. At the tip sits Ortygia, an island offshoot, which…
Annie’s Fish
It hangs, a mobile in the stairwell, always in motion however slight. Each silver scale as it sparkles there a…
Annie’s Fish
It hangs, a mobile in the stairwell, always in motion however slight. Each silver scale as it sparkles there a…
Click and flick
Romance is being killed off by the brutal marketplace of dating apps such as Tinder
Bolivia
for Lucy Dallas Because they wanted to go home and some bit part, a rat in deep cover, raised the…
In praise of Ed Miliband
The Labour leader’s fiercest critics hate him not for his failures but for his genuine successes
Gods and fairytales
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Saint Joan and the treacherous phone
My time with Joan Collins was wonderful – except for one mortifying moment
Thatcher’s soap
How EastEnders became a positive reflection of Tory values
The trouble with Kids Company
It’s a favourite charity of David Cameron and many celebrities. But does it do what it claims to do?
Investment: Build your own pension
Deciding the destiny of your retirement is about to get easier. But be sure you know the answers to these questions first…
Investment: Pump it up
The ins and outs of betting on an oil price bounce
